Originally Posted by
nightofthescorpion
Sent my passport expedited. Door to door time was 20 days. I'm overall pleased with the passport office (and not USPS).
4/17: Shipped my passport Priority Express.
4/21: Passport office received application.
4/25: Check shows up as cashed. I first checked the passport tracking system at this point and I was in the system.
5/04: I receive email that passport is shipped (Priority Express)
5/07: Passport received.
The most stressful part was the USPS; during the shipment of my passport to Philadelphia they just stopped scanning after it got to the local distribution center. It still hasn't showed that shipment as delivered.
But overall I shouldn't have worried, and the stated 4-6 week wait might just be the passport service underpromising but overdelivering.
Nice one! I'm happy to see this as we both sent our applications on April 17th, expedited. However mine is still in process... Hopefully it starts moving again.
BTW, if your Priority Express letter wasn't delivered on the 20th, you can ask to be reimbursed.
April 17th - deposited expedited US passport application at USPS for a child with priority express mailing.
April 21st - application delivered in Philadelphia (one day late).
April 23rd - application appears as "in process" online. "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book on 04/22/2021, etc."
April 28th - "in process" email received. No change since. I hope nothing else is wrong with my application (quality and size of photograph, etc...)